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I'm also looking long and hard at the zen - I'm doing mostly instrument over dubs and vocal recording. But i want a to provide a nicer mix environment for my clients. I have built a small, but high quality production room in NYC with only 4 or so simultaneous tracking channels, but ive got 3 6176's and a2d2, a few really nice mics, couple of lavry a/d's and a even a weiss d/a (got a great used deal). My room was floated and tuned properly and with some KRKS and old Ns10's, I've been getting astounding results using a PTLE/waves rig as a recorder/mixer alone. i dont think people realize how great an LE system can be if you move beyond Digi's mediocre pres, converters - i find my results are better than some of my colleague's all-hd itb systems, of course i only need to track a 4 or 5 channels at a time so i can afford to invest more into less.
But now I am looking for my first analog board, one that will keep the integrity of my pristine signal path and also, make my small room visually appealing as well as great sounding and the Zen is really looking good - I am extremely happy with my comp/pre's and need an analog board with no pre's, only eq's and some control over protools, it seems like the Zen may be the answer --- (im also considering adding a really nice clock, after hearing the vast difference that a Grimm made on an HD rig ...)
I am not quite clear on the DAW control, i know theres midi control of the board by the DAW, is there also transport control on the Zen ? Also, is there any method for recalling the board's EQ settings on a mix ?
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